Hong Kong men are just as vain as the women. They love to follow trends in fashion and style as much as anyone.

Photographer Norm Yip Wai-sing, commenting on the rising trend of men paying for regular skin care, facials and manicures

Legco, with its echo of a children's toy, sounds like a pretend parliament in which democracy is constructed one tiny brick at a time. That about sums it up ... If it were widened by 400 members, say, every five years, all 3.2 million Hong Kong voters would be eligible to elect their leader by the year 41997.

David Pilling, Financial Times Asia editor, commenting on the state of democracy and the government's proposed constitutional reforms